Post Deployment Tasks for School Data Sync

09/30/2017

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Once you've deployed School Data Sync (SDS), there are a number of follow-on tasks that School Districts may want to implement in order to meet security, compliance, or use case requirements. This topic outlines a number of possible and common tasks schools have implemented post deployment. These are optional tasks, but documented for your reference.

Hide Office 365 Groups from the GAL

Schools may require that newly created classes are hidden from the Global Address List (GAL) in Exchange Online. Classes may be hidden through PowerShell. Use the instructions below to hide Classes created with SDS from the GAL.

Classes are represented in Office 365 as Office 365 Groups. In Exchange Online, where the GAL is built, they are called Unified Groups. Use the Get/Set-UnifiedGroup cmdlet to manage these groups through PowerShell.

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